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| English | Russian |
| a river cuts through rock | вода камень точит (not because of its strength, but its persistence Alex_Odeychuk) |
| between a rock and a hard place | меж двух огней (напр, they often find themselves caught between a rock and a hard place Olga Okuneva) |
| don't rock the boat | не руби сук, на котором сидишь |
| stick like a burr to a rock | пристать как банный лист (Anglophile) |
| stick like a limpet to a rock | пристать как банный лист (Anglophile) |
| water dripping day by day wears the hardest rock away | вода камень точит (Баян) |